Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-17
IN, WALTER ?. LANE.
Coutiaaed from Tenth Page.

HruffUNeG rom i tittFt 4 ttgf,
.5ed- It was believed that Euclid
5efore receiving his death wound,
- eight CT ten.
g. following interesting and valuable
from General Lane, giving an &C
AZ the fight nearly nslf century
IFS occurrence, Is here appropriately
tIted: $780,, ,ssz
,os r. Deshields, Esq, Bolton, Tex:
- SrR-Your letter asking NE to
ON On account of the fight with the
- Indians. September s, 1888, IS
81 hand. In answer I will say that |
- fght with the Indians on Rlcn-
craek afterwards called Battle
T.. INIT il mas been so long ago that l
Df,-ro-ten most Of the Incidents.
~ W. s..rted-a surveying party, TWEEN
w, men and b0y-frOm Old Frank
W. P,bergsOn county, Captain NELL
~ .--,nFfrr. and William Henderson,
= We camped on the second day
st-ps-.ar's Fort. TWO months before
~. me fort had been taken by the
'eSna ~ here General Lane Is
= rs ~ the time that had elapsed
-. ne massacre: no doubt ne meant ID
s.1 +v-1 v.gr- instead Of two mouths ,
80 r-a killed, and the women and
~ 7-.r taken into captivity.
CD ,--'. -asr-aF Ra+tle creek = was
---- % - an the otbe- side
as -. ..-..r7 where yVe fourf
so A- -'' r--.-...-l T7sions killing bufTsl0
go -- -l.--.-..5-- We cot on very well
loT "--'--- ..r .... .o..-nancad survav1no
~ 80 80 -. s-.-rl.+..r ms eff bv stating
~ 80 r[....- ~. coming down to XIII
sil' ---, --........ "a. laid on them. We
as a-.' a. .r.. --tr5 5sv we came TO
W '..' - ..----.r IN cq0T, breakfast.
e. = 49, ....--.T-- g eoafn tO so. After
~ q ~ 49,. -. aorg IN resume orr
Of --' - -. ~. 1ef- of mile
81 'o' 80 --...,.-r,-s.o,7a5 us in a re-
~ ' -. ..,, tf-y -.5 on MS at forty wards
ri vi ~ .--,.f te.-,, when 100 more showed
=. II .-- ..-.. ~ 49,. -f--bpr behind them.
Il q ..,,. I'M fa0 CHARGED down Unon
q -... ..-.s..-.- fr..n the nrairies. TDav
- ,...[,.4r.. rrf-r We retreated 10
~ ~ .s-r rsv5r,s in the nrairie. its
=, II 800 ar fgur or five feet hirh.
' Is r..s..n- rg- sev4ntv-fva wards below
II .--f .-.-.r0a,r... .irfnu. This was about
~ - lvbarever one of our men
- .,.T .,..,t. ny, hfs had N shoot. twenty
-. ,,,.,r7 n1T down on him 4
= 49,. .,.,.r.-,a. ar COY GOT behind q
800 nm tho hank. and fired for m
- r.-t .v-os,n.r his body. he was s10r
- ~ he -ri7e lie fell from the tree.
~ r.tsar. sim arfno at him. 7 ran m
~ ..s-E +o.l- him Inv fhe shoulder. and.
- - p.q,y fire. 6r8ored hmm 10 the
=, r. U4-5faf =. for. rIuht. Davis Of
Il .,r...ra .wra VAS well mguoted0
!. 81. s-.el- +nr.uuh hu+ the Indians
!. ,,.... rr. f-..red him in sichr. We fought
Il T.. .r.,.ra- nj nruae We were wait
IL t.- .r.. moon +o cI0ud over before we
- s,.-..- .-...,r.r .f.,rn to rhe bottnm. one
e. r.-,a Instant At inst time We
s, II. ..-.ua3 The Indians keo- rhirtv
i, 49, ~. .rrr rear. +r-~r. We w0uIi face
ri ,f and ar. ~. had three horses left
= .r NE rarr-afp8. with two wounded
"a M each. C.9-afn NELL was shot in
y. n..- .rff.fl He called me 10 le}g
hin ., horse .wEosa rider YVES inst
Ill Two If MS cot him on. bal the
nj esq and RIDER were NCtg killed before
H. ~0+ fya-rv stems. had gotten
Nj er. hundred Yards If the timber
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: Nv, s..-a,,r., 20 800 tho Italians CO..
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